On Saturday 20 January 2007 07:43, STANLEY DOORE wrote: > However, total weight of an item doesn't tell you the quality/percentage of > total weight of precious metal in the item being purchased. Gold in > carats tells you the quality but not the quantity of gold in an item such > as a pin, bracelet or chain. The quality/percentage in pins is greater > than chains since pins and bracelets don't need the strength which chains > do for wearing durability.
That's "karats". A carat is 200 mg. A karat is 1/24. A carrot is 84 g ;) Pierre
